Excerpt from The World Agricultural Situation, 1957 The rate of increase in world agricultural production during 1956 -57 con tinues to keep pace with the expanding population. In addition, record large stocks of some of the more staple farm products, such as wheat, corn, cotton, and tobacco, were carried over into the current marketing year. Despite these liberal supplies, world prices of most agricultural products have been rela tively stable during 1956, and in recent weeks prices for several commodities have firmed in world markets because of high demand and uncertainties regard ing shipping facilities. Industrial activity and consumer income are increasing in nearly all regions resulting in expanding consumption and world trade in agricultural products. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Agricultural Situation, Vol. 41: November 1957 Extra-large crop yields per acre have been telling a production success story for many farmers during the past 5 years. They also spell lower per unit production costs, even if bulging bins everywhere don't always mean bigger profits. Extra-high yields are a per sonal achievement, nature's own merit awards in the contest of skill, work, and chance we call farming. The combined effect of these indi vidual successes is a striking advance in national per-acre yields. Yields this year are climaxing a 6-year unbroken series of gains in overall yield which started in 1952. October 1 data place the 1957 yield-per-acre level more than a fourth higher than in 1947 - 49. These are years used by the Department of Agriculture as a base for comparing yield per acre, crop output, and other items. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The World Agricultural Situation, 1958 In the Free World, production in 1957-58 is expected to be sub stantially above the postwar average in all major producing areas except Canada, where cr0p pro duction in the Prairie Provinces this year was sharply reduced by unfavorable weather. Also, the effect of widespread drought in Australia is reflected in the indexes for Australia and New Zealand, which are 4 percent below those for the previous year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Agricultural Situation, Vol. 41: Outlook Issue; December 1957 Prices and. Incomes to farmers are expected to average in 1958 much the same as this year. Large supplies, a strong domestic market, and near record exp-orts are likely. The long-run downtrend in number of farms and farm people will likely result in more income per farm. And per person living on farms in 1958. Larger cash receipts from market ings of livestock products are offsetting a decline in crop receipts this year. Soil Bank payments are likely to add about 680 million dollars to gross ih come. But farmers' production ex penses are also up and farmers' real izod net income this year will be only slightly above 1956. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.